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Q136487: PC DirSync: Err Msg: Fatal [161] Server Configuration Busy

Article: Q136487
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.2,3.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 28-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.2, 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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The following error may be recorded in the DIRSYNC.LOG on a requestor
postoffice:

  Fatal 161 Server configuration busy

CAUSE
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The above error indicates that the postoffice was once designated a server;
however, it was later changed to a requestor. When this occurs, the SRVCONF.GLB
and MSTTRANS.GLB files are removed, but the T2 processes that were scheduled
still remain in the PROCESS.GLB. When Dispatch runs, it finds the NSDA -s
process scheduled and tries to launch it. However, because this is a requestor,
the postoffice records an error.

RESOLUTION
==========

Reset the PROCESS.GLB file using DEBUG:

  " debug process.glb <ENTER>
  -rcx <ENTER>
  xxxx
  :200 <ENTER>
  -w <ENTER>
  -q <ENTER> " (without the quotation marks)

Then schedule the T1 and T3 processes on this postoffice using the
Administrator's program (ADMIN.EXE) or the DSSCHED.EXE program included in the
"Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync)" document. For more information about how
to obtain this document, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q96060 PC DirSync: Directory Synchronization (Dir-Sync)

MORE INFORMATION
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If this error appears on the Dir-Sync server postoffice, make sure that
SRVCONF.GLB is not locked open or missing.

Additional query words: pcmailfaq

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailPCN320 kbMailPCN300 kbMailPCN300a kbMailPCN350
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.2,3.5

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